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- Title
Learning a Little about the World: Foreign and International Research and the Nonspecialist.
- Authors
Whisner, Mary
- Abstract
The article discusses specialization within law librarianship. Within law librarianship, there are some people who specialize in foreign and international law--sometimes at academic law libraries with significant collections, and sometimes in firms or government agencies that work in the area. The author reflects on how she developed some expertise (without being an expert) which might be useful to others who would like to build their own knowledge in the area. Specialization is a matter of perspective. In one sense, law librarians are all specialists, since they routinely deal with questions and use sources that are much less common in other types of libraries. And most of them would struggle if they were suddenly transported into other libraries. Law is a big field, so a wide variety of questions can come in. The law librarians are not as specialized as lawyers. Within a law firm, there might be some lawyers who handle only real estate matters, some who deal only with federal tax law, some who do only insurance defense, and so on.
- Subjects
LAW librarians; SPECIAL librarians; LAW libraries; EXPERTISE; LIBRARY science; LEGAL professions; INFORMATION science
- Publication
Law Library Journal, 2005, Vol 97, Issue 3, p595
- ISSN
0023-9283
- Publication type
Article